Airfix Sea Fury WIP
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Sprue A
Sprue B
Sprue C
Sprue D
Sprue E
Kit Decal Sheet
Using a few aftermarket parts to enhance the kit. Eduard cockpit zoom set and seatbelts. Aerocraft cowling to replace the poor fitting Airfix one and gunsight as Airfix omitted this.
Xtradecal options
More Xtradecal options
Canadian options from Mike Grant
Option chosen
Brass rod added to the rear bulkhead. The corresponding rail needs to be removed from the rear of the seat.
More detail added that will be where the seatbelts are attached.
Cockpit parts primed, painted and glossed. Conflicting information on the cockpit colours so went with cockpit green lightened with a little sky, to try and avoid a "black hole". The cockpit walls will be in NATO Black.
Cockpit tub painted.
Sidewall detail painted.
All cockpit parts ready for assembly.
Cockpit matt varnished and assembled
View of the instrument panel.
Kit seat with Eduard straps added.
Top view of cockpit.
And one more, just 'cos I can
View showing the Aerocraft gunsight. A useful addition.
Cockpit test fitted into the fuselage.
View of the seat in the fuselage
Photo showing the gunsight slightly off centre. Recommend this is glued in place whilst the cockpit is in the fuselage to ensure it is central.
Cockpit fitted.
There are quite a few prominent ejector pin marks that need filling or scraping. One set is in such a tight space that they proved impossible to remove but thankfully they aren't easily seen once in place.
U/C bay painted, weathered and detailed with various wire and solder.
Underwing tanks glued together
Tail wheel bay
Undercarraige bay matt varnished and glued in place
Not much of the engine can be seen with cowling fitted. Even less when propeller and nose cone fitted.
Not a perfect fit but a little sanding sorted it.
Little bit of filler required.
Exhausts fitted.
Cockpit and tail wheel bay fitted to one side of the fuselage.
Fuselage halves joined together.
Fin shortfall in the moulding process. Most kits seem to have it but it'e easily fixed.
Nose join was difficult to clean up with the protrusions in place so found it easier to remove them, sand the join flush and then make replacements from plasticard.
View of new nose protrusions.
View of fin repair using plastic strip and filler.
View of undercarraige bay fitted to lower centre wing section.
Lower wing section with outer wing supports in place. A neat idea that works well.
Upper inner wings fitted like a dream
Tailplanes fitted. Small amount of filler.
Another view of the tailaplanes.
Rudder and elevators fitted at a slight angle to add interest.
Circled areas need to be removed.
View of the Aerocraft lights.
Holes drilled out before removing with a knife and then cleaning up with sandpaper.
Holes cleaned up.
Lights glued in place.
Outer wing sections glued in place. The wing support inserts really help with this.
Outer wing joints cleaned up.
Ailerons glued in place.
Main doors
Prominent ejector pin marks that need removing.
And again.
Cockpit and windscreen masked off with tape. Masking fluid applied to tape edges as an extra precaution and to prevent tape peeling.
View of rear of cockpit masked.
Canopy masked and play-doh used to mask the inside of the canopy. Never tried this before so will see how it goes.
Chrome finish applied to the exhaust area using K Colors Mirror finish. Excellent product. No thinning and gives a superb finish on top of a gloss black.
View of the other side.
Masking applied to the exhausts.
Rolled paper used to mask the cowling interior.
Wheels finished with Tamiya Tyre black and Vallejo Metal Color Steel.
Propeller finished in a Vallejo glossy black and yellow tips.
All the lower parts finished in the lower surface gray FS36373. Used Hataka A302.
Primer applied with UMP black primer. When dry it is rubbed down very gently with 4000 micro mesh just to remove any roughness. This produces a smooth almost porcelain surface.
Starting to apply the black basing using the underside colour applied in a random marbling action.
Some random colours applied including a blue, a red and a green to provide some interesting tonal variations.
The same random colours applied to the fuselage as the under wing surfaces.
Lighter gray on the underside.
Left side of fuselage.
Starboard fuselage.
Masking tape applied prior to upper surface colour.
Upper surface colour applied using Vallejo 70836 London Grey (FS36118) followed by some post shading with Hataka A031 (also FS36118) and white. This provided some nice tonal variations. This was then followed up with a Vallejo sepia wash along the panel lines.
Second shot showing the other side.
Vallejo sepia wash applied to lower surface.
The wash appears too strong so it will be blended in with the base colour.
Upper colour masked so the lighter shade can be blended. This was achieved using a very thin coat misted on until the shading and various tones just show through.
The same process was done with the upper surface darker shade.
Once happy with the result 2 coats of gloss were misted on to protect everything and prepare the surface for the decals.
Photo showing the undercarriage painted and a wash applied.
Port side decals.
Starboard side decals.
Upper surface decals. The Mike Grant decal sheet wasn't very clear about the upper surface decals. Found better details on the Fündekals instruction sheet that ironically has the same scheme.
Lower surface decals. Almost forgot to apply the large letters.....Had applied all the stencils and thought I was done before noticing the missing decals. Doh!!!
Huge fingerprint on the port upper wing....
Sanded it back using 4000 micromesh until almost gone without damaging the paint finish, then reapplied some more gloss varnish. Success thankfully.
Starboard side showing the exhaust application. This was done using watercolour pencils. Burnt umber and various shades of brown. These are applied dry and then blended using a damp brush. Further blending was achieved using a soft brush.
Port exhaust staining.
Masking removed from undercarraige bay.
Cockpit masking removed.
Port side showing masking removed from navigation light and other areas.
Starboard side free from masking.
Upper surface.
Reworked canopy after it fogged while cleaning up.
Undercarriage fitted and tested on the base.
Комментарии
19 25 July 2020, 16:38
Dave NormanBeen sometime since doing a WIP so decided to do one on this project. Been looking forward to it.
26 July 2020, 19:37
Dave NormanDecided not to use the kit decals. A club member had the Xtradecal sheet having only used the Cuban option, as well as the Mike Grant sheet with RCAF options. Seemed only fair that as the sheet came from the club then they should choose which option. The final vote settled on the RCAF "Yellow Navy" scheme, which is the one I was keen on anyway. Happy days....
27 July 2020, 16:29
Dave NormanStarted work on the cockpit. There's plenty of detail but it can be enhanced with an Eduard set which I'm doing. A little extra detail added to the rear bulkhead as well.
29 July 2020, 21:20
Dave NormanCockpit parts enhanced with Eduard PE parts and some artistic licence taken with the painting. Ready for a matt varnish prior to assembly.
30 July 2020, 20:56
Dave NormanCockpit is complete and assembled. A few shots before it is installed and most of it is hidden from view. It may be worth adding the gunsight after installation as mine is slightly off centre.
31 July 2020, 20:46
Dave NormanThanks Clifford. The kit cockpit is good as it is but is definitely enhanced with Eduard sets.
1 August 2020, 07:12
Dave NormanA few photos showing the cockpit test fitted into the fuselage. If using the Aerocraft gunsight then I'd recommend gluing it in place whilst the cockpit is in the fuselage to ensure it is central.....unlike mine which is slightly off centre.
2 August 2020, 19:52
Dave NormanAfter a week away from the bench here are a few shots of the undercarriage bay. First one shows it before detailing and painting. Second shows it all done awaiting a coat of matt varnish.
10 August 2020, 19:45
Dave NormanBit more work on the Sea fury today. Undercarraige bay is in place and looks the part.
14 August 2020, 19:23
Dave NormanBit of work carried out fitting the Aerocraft cowling to the kit parts. Also engine installed along with exhausts. There isn't much to the engine but you can't see much of it anyway
15 August 2020, 20:17
Dave NormanThanks guys. It is a nice kit Peter. We should have been at E-Day this year but sadly it wasn't to be.
16 August 2020, 18:15
Peter MollenhauerYes, Dave, that's a pity. We would have met, because I intended to drive there, too. 🙁
16 August 2020, 18:28
Dave NormanCockpit and tail wheel bay installed and fuselage halves glued together. Not a lot of filer required except on the fin where there was a shortfall in the moulding process. That will be easily fixed though.
17 August 2020, 19:24
Dave NormanFuselage joins cleaned up. No filler required but the nose join required a bit of work. Easier to remove the protrusions to make sanding easier and then reinstate them with plasticard. Also the fin was corrected with plasticard and filler.
18 August 2020, 19:31
Nathan DempseyI think your replacement protrusions on the nose section look better than the original.
18 August 2020, 19:40
Dave NormanUndercarriage bay fitted to lower centre wing section before fitting to fuselage. It's a good fit with just a small amount of filler required at the rear where it meets the fuselage. Also outer wing supports fitted.
19 August 2020, 19:59
Dave NormanUpper inner wings added along with tailp[lanes, elevators and rudder. Only a small amount of filler used.
21 August 2020, 19:16
Dave NormanBit of work to be carried out on the outer lower wing sections to install the Navigation lights from Aerocraft. They're well worth acquiring in imho. Detailed description of the work required in the photo comments.
23 August 2020, 19:55
Dave NormanUndercarriage doors have some prominent ejector pin marks that need removing.
27 August 2020, 19:20
Dave NormanCockpit and canopy have been masked. Getting close to putting some paint on this beauty.
1 September 2020, 19:51
Nathan DempseyCurious to see how that play-dough works in the canopy masking. Good idea.
1 September 2020, 20:23
Dave NormanThanks guys. I'll let you know how it turns out Nathan. Took me back to my childhood as I pressed the canopy down onto the play-dough and it squeezed out through the gaps .... 🙂
3 September 2020, 12:02
Dave NormanFirst part of color applied. A nice chrome effect to the exhaust shields. Used K Colors mirror finish over their gloss black which was applied over their primer. Came out really well.
3 September 2020, 19:52
Dave NormanFew more photos added showing some of the smaller parts painted including the propeller, main wheels and lower surface parts like undercarriage doors etc.
6 September 2020, 18:18
ForestFanLooks great, I'm currently building same kit, though yours is looking a heck of a lot better! My wing joints leave much to be desired!
6 September 2020, 19:28
Dave NormanJust got to keep working on them buddy until you're happy with them. Sand, fill, sand some more, fill some more, sand again. Then apply primer and realise they still need more work....
6 September 2020, 19:46
Dave NormanPrimer and underside colours applied using the black basing technique. A new adventure for me. There is further explanations attached to the photos.
8 September 2020, 19:25
Dave NormanLighter gray applied to the underside and lower fuselage. Despite keeping the coats light it still seems to totally obliterate all the pre-shading.
11 September 2020, 16:20
Dave NormanUpper surface colour applied. Detailed description of the process in the photo captions.
12 September 2020, 20:05
Dave NormanA sepia wash applied to highlight the panel lines. This will be blended with the base colour to tone it down somewhat.
17 September 2020, 19:55
Gareth WindsorComing along nicely Dave. I think we all know that a Sea Fury shot down a Mig in the Korean war. But did you know that it was a young 21 year old pilot who did it and not the Senior pilot that claimed it and got a battle honour for it!
Youtube Video
19 September 2020, 03:26
Dave NormanThanks Gareth. I don't think we'll ever know the truth about what happened as it'll be lost in the fog of war. I think Carmichael did claim however that all 4 of the Fury's appeared to get hits on the MiG.
19 September 2020, 20:06
Dave NormanA few more pictures uploaded showing the shading being blended in. Detailed description is with each photo. Decals next. This is where it starts to come alive for me.
20 September 2020, 19:37
Dave NormanDecals added and it looks the part now. Decals went on really well and settled with Micro Sol/Set.
22 September 2020, 20:45
Dave NormanApplied a protective gloss coat over the decals that revealed a huge fingerprint on the port wing despite being as careful as possible. On the advice of a friend I sanded it with some 4000 micromesh and misted on some more gloss varnish. Fingerprint gone....👍
24 September 2020, 19:46
Dave NormanPanel lining carried out using the panel liner for blue and grey camo from AK's Panel Liner set.
25 September 2020, 19:21
Dave NormanMatt varnish applied and some more weathering and staining carried out using pigments.
26 September 2020, 20:00
Dave NormanAfter the matt varnish and pigment weathering a coat of satin varnish was applied. After this the exhaust staining was carried out using watercolour pencils. Came out really well and I recommend having a go with them.
27 September 2020, 19:26
Nathan DempseyI've bought a few of those pencils but have yet to use them. Looks like you applied a convincing finish with yours.
27 September 2020, 21:39
Clifford KeeslerI have a whole set of them, but like Nathan, have not used them yet. Perhaps I will try them on the Tomcat.
28 September 2020, 00:38
Dave NormanMasking removed. Had an issue with the canopy with some residue left behind that refused to come off. Usually some iso propyl alcohol on a cotton swab removes it but not this time. Ended up having to polish the canopy and dip in klear again. As well as touching up the framing. Came out ok in the end thankfully.
28 September 2020, 19:36
Dave NormanThe watercolour pencils were standard pencils from an art shop not the AK ones. I would recommend ensuring you get decent ones rather than cheap ones.
28 September 2020, 19:41
Dave NormanGot the undercarriage fitted which gave me an opportunity to test fit it on the base.
29 September 2020, 19:32
Dave NormanThanks Clifford and Björn. I've really enjoyed it and highly recommend the kit.
30 September 2020, 06:53
Dave NormanFinally added all the remaining bits and finished this project and created a separate album with completed photos. Please pop along and have a look. Thanks for watching.
1 October 2020, 07:12
Dave Norman@ Nathan Dempsey. The play doh masking for the canopy worked really well. Easily removed and cleaned up with a damp cotton bud.
1 October 2020, 07:34
